How can a company suffering major losses become one of the top companies in the industry?Fix ‘n’ Finish chronicles how a consultant guides a company that is on the verge of closing down to become the benchmark for other companies. It explains how to overcome challenges such as delayed delivery, low productivity, high rejections/reworks, lack of basic infrastructure and proper management among other things.Would you like to know how to FIX (the issues) and how to FIN...

Prime objective of any business is to get more PROFIT on investment. We are in the customer driven era. Producer’s monopoly for sales price fixing has gone. Either we are owner of any business or employees of any organizations, our growth are linked with profitability & profitability only. If profit is there & growing, music will go on, if not then existence of all will be in question. Firefighting, resignation, demotion, demotivation and termination everything shall be started wit...

This guide contains the fundamentals of marketing. The QuickStudy Marketing guide is jammed pack with definitions and principles which are designed to aid anyone in increasing their knowledge of marketing. Topics covered include: government and target markets, market segments, international markets, product life cycle and much more.

Project Quality Management: Why, What and How, Second Edition demonstrates how to implement the general methods defined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge—Fifth Edition (PMBOK® Guide) and augments those methods with more detailed, hands-on procedures that have been proven through actual practice. This edition presents case examples that illuminate the theory of quality planning, assurance, and control with real-world narratives, including situation, analysis, and lesson...

Commemorating the 100th Birthday of Taiichi Ohno “This book brings to us Taiichi Ohno's philosophy of workplace management―the thinking behind the Toyota Production System. I personally get a thrill down my spine to read these thoughts in Ohno's own words.” ―Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Director, Japan Technology Management Program, University of Michigan and Author, The Toyota Way This unique volume delivers a clear, concise overview of the Toyota Production System and kaizen in ...

This highly focused book approaches quality specifically in the context of project management. It goes beyond the usual descriptions and advice for manufactured products to give project managers a framework of deliberate steps to take in managing quality for the benefit of project outcomes in any domain. This user-friendly guide presents tools and techniques that implement the general methods defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge, and augments those methods with more detailed...

Author and experienced quality management consultant Carlos Pereira da Cruz has written this book with one goal in mind: to offer you a practical and straightforward way to adapt your quality management system to your business, while meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2015.Discover ISO 9001:2015 Through Practical Examples is primarily for beginners in quality management systems, and for people with moderate knowledge of ISO 9001. However, if you are an experienc...

Total Quality Management: Key Concepts and Case Studies provides the full range of management principles and practices that govern the quality function. The book covers the fundamentals and background needed, as well as industry case studies and comprehensive topic coverage, making it an invaluable reference to both the novice and the more experienced individual. Aspects of quality control that are widely utilized in practice are combined with those that are commonly referred to on Univers...

Learn how to make money by licensing or selling your ideas to companies.This guidebook takes you through a 7-Step process to license or sell your ideas. Based on 24 years of experience, the easy to read guidebook takes you through the important step-by-step procedures to sell your ideas for a payout or license for royalties.You'll discover:* The Process - The 7 step process to selling or licensing for royalties and advances.* Where To Look - How to find companie...

During the past decade Japanese companies have derived many of their competitive advantages from streamlined work-flow processes. Desperate to replicate the Japanese systems, American managers have bought into countless theories advanced by management consultants which, lacking a methodology, have proved fruitless and frustrating. Now, from inside a world-renowned learning organization, comes that methodology.Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) is an improvement and problem-prevent...

Master Key Concepts, Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Chain Optimization. A practical understanding of the dynamic, expanding, and evolving Supply Chains that make our daily lives possible.After reading this book, you will be able to answer the following questions:What is Operations and Supply Chain Management and why is it important?What are the key functions within this field, and how do they i...

The following is a sample chapter from Lean Six Sigma , which explains how to impact your company's performance in each, by combining the strength of today's two most important initiatives--Lean Production and Six Sigma--into one integrated program. The first book to provide a step-by-step roadmap for profiting from the best elements of Lean and Six Sigma, this breakthrough volume will show you how to achieve major cost and lead time reductions this year; compress order-to-delivery cycle time...